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Alphapharm says Sanofi patent amendment should doom injunction bid
Christian Dimitriadis 2018-08-30 9:13 pm By Miklos Bolza

Generic drug maker Alphapharm is fighting a bid by global pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis to block the listing of one of its injector pens, saying the proposed injunction should be denied because Sanofi is seeking to amend the patent at issue.

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Fonterra denied strict confidentiality regime in Bega trade mark dispute
Albert Ounapuu 2018-08-29 9:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has denied a bid for a strict regime for dealing with confidential information in a lawsuit between cheese giants Fonterra and Bega over alleged violations of the terms of a trade mark licensing agreement.

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Judge slams ‘uncooperative’ Volkswagen in dieselgate case
Australian Government Solicitor 2018-08-29 8:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge has criticised Volkswagen for being “uncooperative” in refusing to tell the court who authorised the defeat device at the heart of the auto giant’s diesel emissions cheating scandal.

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Auto giants ready to talk settlement in Takata class actions
Allens 2018-08-28 9:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

Six major car companies indicated Tuesday they were open to a quick settlement of class actions brought on behalf of potentially hundreds of thousands of Australian drivers whose cars were fitted with defective and deadly Takata airbags.

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Glencore in-house counsel denied access to Cargill deal docs
Agriculture 2018-08-27 6:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has ruled in-house counsel at Glencore can’t view “highly confidential” documents related to the possible sale by Cargill of its Joe White malt business.

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Commonwealth Bank pans class action pleadings as ‘vague penumbra’
Class Actions 2018-08-24 4:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is seeking to strike out portions of a shareholder class action over allegedly lax anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing controls it calls a “vague penumbra” that leaves the bank in the dark about the case against it.

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Dr. Reddy’s slams Millennium’s injunction bid in cancer drug case
Biopharmalex 2018-08-23 5:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

An urgent injunction sought by US-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals to block generic drug maker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories from launching a cheap version of the breakthrough cancer drug Velcade has been panned as unnecessary.

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Funder was ‘moving force’ behind ‘doomed’ Octaviar class action, court told
Chris Tam 2018-08-22 10:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Public Trustee of Queensland asked a court Wednesday for indemnity costs from a global litigation funder its says was the “real moving force” behind a dismissed investor class action it called a “nakedly speculative venture”.

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Viterra points finger at ex-employees in trial over $420M Joe White sale
Agriculture 2018-08-20 9:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Viterra is blaming several former employees for representations made about malt quality in the lead-up to the $420 million sale of its Joe White business to Cargill Australia in 2013.

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Foxtel should pay more than a gym to stream copyrighted recordings, court told
Christian Dimitriadis 2018-08-15 10:06 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Copyright Tribunal decision that led to substantially lower sound recording licence fees for Foxtel was “beyond the pale” because it compared fees charged to the cable TV giant with those charged to fitness centres, the Full Federal Court heard Wednesday.

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